United Devices Cancer Research Project

black dog · 10 Jan 2004, 23:50

I was wondering if anybody on these boards ran the above program on their computers. I have just set up a team on their system called The Loafers and thought it could be nice to have a team of us working towards a good cause. I started running the program in June 2002 and my computer has done 202 days worth of work well letting me continue using it as if it wasn't there. If you are interested in joining the team please do. Anyone who wants to find out more their website is www.grid.org and the information is under projects - Cancer Research.

We started running the program after my Mother-in-law died from cancer. This is something that costs us nothing in time or money but may in time help a lot of people.

R. · 10 Jan 2004, 23:52

Stickied for a while.

Chris · 11 Jan 2004, 00:13

I'm on the team!!

Does everyone have to run the same project?

Rob The Badger · 11 Jan 2004, 02:00

Count me in. . .what do I have to do?

black dog · 11 Jan 2004, 09:38

Welcome to the team Chris. I don't see why we have to run the same project as there are a few there. I choose not to do the smallpox project because it seemed to run to the computer so much more than the cancer one and we run the program because of my mother-in-law who died of cancer.

Rob if you go to the website www.grid.org you will need to download a small program which runs in the background on your computer. Your computer will then tell you when it needs to connect to the internet to send the results of the work it has done.

RSG · 11 Jan 2004, 09:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rob The Badger

Count me in. . .what do I have to do?

ya what does one have to do?

black dog · 11 Jan 2004, 13:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by black dog

Welcome to the team Chris. I don't see why we have to run the same project as there are a few there. I choose not to do the smallpox project because it seemed to run to the computer so much more than the cancer one and we run the program because of my mother-in-law who died of cancer.

Rob if you go to the website www.grid.org you will need to download a small program which runs in the background on your computer. Your computer will then tell you when it needs to connect to the internet to send the results of the work it has done.

Once you have set up the program you can then join the team

[RDH]draconia · 11 Jan 2004, 20:49

im in black dog and have already done 3% for the smallpox

can i change it to the cancer one??? instead of the smallpow??

black dog · 12 Jan 2004, 04:27

If you login with your password and go to my member profile at the bottom of the screen there are the two programs they are running at the moment. If you uncheck the box for the patriot grid running smallpox your computer will just run the cancer project.

If you then click on teams you can join The Loafers and be part of our new team please Click here

Thanks for running this program

plukie · 14 Jan 2004, 18:14

I would like to sign up for this, but how do I know it is safe? Is there anyway that they could access other things in my computer? I'm not such a computer wizz as to know what can and can't be done. Can someone please reassure me that it is safe?

black dog · 14 Jan 2004, 19:52

Thank you for your interest plukie. I understand in this day and age we have to be careful about what we download from the internet. I have found some information about security on their website if you use this link it will take you straight to it http://www.grid.org/help/faq_security.htm

I can not guarantee the safety because I do not have enough knowledge of computers to do this but I have been running this program for 18 months and my computer has now donated 206 days of time. If you go the team you can check my details to see that this is true. My UD name is shelley_845211 you will automatically view my information since I joined the team but if you click on my name it should give you my history. My parents have been running the program for even longer. It was through them that I learnt of this site.

Any queries you can always PM me.

Thank you again for your interest.

Shells

Rob The Badger · 14 Jan 2004, 20:11

Just joined the team. Radio_Badger.

black dog · 15 Jan 2004, 09:34

Welcome to the team draconia and radio_badger.

[RDH]draconia · 15 Jan 2004, 21:39

thank you and i am also TRYING to get someone else to join but he is worried about his firewall
do you know anything that will help him????

black dog · 15 Jan 2004, 22:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by [RDH

draconia]thank you and i am also TRYING to get someone else to join but he is worried about his firewall
do you know anything that will help him????

I've just checked the site draconia and found this in the question and answer section.

Quote:

Connecting to the server

What ports do I have to open on my firewall to let the UD Agent connect to the server?
Open ports 80 and 443, outbound.

I hope this will help you.

Shells

black dog · 17 Jan 2004, 10:59

WEEK 1

Team members - 4
Total CPU Time - 6 days 5 hours 32 minutes
Results returned - 22

Thank you for your help.

black dog · 21 Jan 2004, 00:54

I can't believe it. We returned 8 results yesterday. Thats a record for us so far.

Well done

Shells

[RDH]draconia · 22 Jan 2004, 16:27

WOO HOO

1785 points and over 2 days of CPU time

my poor comp over heats all the time now but its worth it

black dog · 23 Jan 2004, 09:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by [RDH

draconia]WOO HOO

1785 points and over 2 days of CPU time

my poor comp over heats all the time now but its worth it

Congratulations draconia

Just been on the site and see you are now up to 3 days CPU time. That is great work.

black dog · 24 Jan 2004, 11:29

WEEK 2

Team members - 4
CPU time this week - 9 days 17 hours 18 minutes
Total CPU time - 15 days 22 hours 50 minutes
Results returned this week - 34
Total results returned - 56

Great work. Congratulations everyone

Cabbie212 · 29 Jan 2004, 19:52

Hi there, just joined!

black dog · 30 Jan 2004, 16:18

Welcome to the team Cabbie212.

black dog · 31 Jan 2004, 11:17

WEEK 3

Team members - 5
CPU time this week - 8 days 2 hours 8 minutes
Total CPU time - 24 days 0 hours 58 minutes
Results returned this week - 21
Total results returned - 77

Great work. Congratulations everyone. Welcome on board Cabbie212.

I don't know if anyone else has noticed but the units seem to be taking longer to process at the moment. Some of mine have been 10+ hours where they were about 6 hours. Just as well the program saves the information after each Ligand.

[RDH]draconia · 31 Jan 2004, 20:14

yes i had noticed that also black dog

but i havent had my comp on for a while so i didnt realise it as a problem

hehe i thought that it was just me

black dog · 31 Jan 2004, 22:07

The only reason it has come to my attention is that our computer is turned on every evening when we come in from work and left running. I started leaving it on over night so that it could do extra work and used to come down to find that it had always finished in the morning ready for me to download when I got up. Lately it hasn't finished when I get up which is why I have noticed.

Having looked at the forum the information says that the smallpox units are taking about 24 hours but because they have 200 ligands to work on. Because of this they obviously save the information more often than the cancer work units which only have 20 ligands.

Mind you it doesn't help when my son plays games on the computer because he uses so much of the computers resources that the program doesn't really go anywhere.

Anyway whatever usage my computer gives is all something that I am giving for nothing really.

10 Jan 2004, 23:50	#1
black dog Mega Loafer Join Date: 21.11.2003 Location: Cornwall Posts: 1,667	United Devices Cancer Research Project I was wondering if anybody on these boards ran the above program on their computers. I have just set up a team on their system called The Loafers and thought it could be nice to have a team of us working towards a good cause. I started running the program in June 2002 and my computer has done 202 days worth of work well letting me continue using it as if it wasn't there. If you are interested in joining the team please do. Anyone who wants to find out more their website is www.grid.org and the information is under projects - Cancer Research. We started running the program after my Mother-in-law died from cancer. This is something that costs us nothing in time or money but may in time help a lot of people.

10 Jan 2004, 23:52	#2
R. You dig. Join Date: 02.04.2002 Location: On the fothermucker Posts: 7,179	Stickied for a while.

11 Jan 2004, 00:13	#3
Chris Mega Loafer Join Date: 14.04.2002 Location: Somewhere in the real world. Posts: 7,527	I'm on the team!! Does everyone have to run the same project?

11 Jan 2004, 02:00	#4
Rob The Badger Too sexy for this post Join Date: 14.04.2002 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 2,895	Count me in. . .what do I have to do?

11 Jan 2004, 09:38	#5
black dog Mega Loafer Join Date: 21.11.2003 Location: Cornwall Posts: 1,667	Welcome to the team Chris. I don't see why we have to run the same project as there are a few there. I choose not to do the smallpox project because it seemed to run to the computer so much more than the cancer one and we run the program because of my mother-in-law who died of cancer. Rob if you go to the website www.grid.org you will need to download a small program which runs in the background on your computer. Your computer will then tell you when it needs to connect to the internet to send the results of the work it has done.

11 Jan 2004, 20:49	#8
[RDH]draconia Super Loafer Join Date: 29.10.2003 Location: wickford,essex,england Posts: 374	im in black dog and have already done 3% for the smallpox can i change it to the cancer one??? instead of the smallpow??

12 Jan 2004, 04:27	#9
black dog Mega Loafer Join Date: 21.11.2003 Location: Cornwall Posts: 1,667	If you login with your password and go to my member profile at the bottom of the screen there are the two programs they are running at the moment. If you uncheck the box for the patriot grid running smallpox your computer will just run the cancer project. If you then click on teams you can join The Loafers and be part of our new team please Click here Thanks for running this program

14 Jan 2004, 18:14	#10
plukie Senior Loafer Join Date: 18.07.2003 Location: Plymouth, Devon Posts: 199	I would like to sign up for this, but how do I know it is safe? Is there anyway that they could access other things in my computer? I'm not such a computer wizz as to know what can and can't be done. Can someone please reassure me that it is safe?

14 Jan 2004, 19:52	#11
black dog Mega Loafer Join Date: 21.11.2003 Location: Cornwall Posts: 1,667	Thank you for your interest plukie. I understand in this day and age we have to be careful about what we download from the internet. I have found some information about security on their website if you use this link it will take you straight to it http://www.grid.org/help/faq_security.htm I can not guarantee the safety because I do not have enough knowledge of computers to do this but I have been running this program for 18 months and my computer has now donated 206 days of time. If you go the team you can check my details to see that this is true. My UD name is shelley_845211 you will automatically view my information since I joined the team but if you click on my name it should give you my history. My parents have been running the program for even longer. It was through them that I learnt of this site. Any queries you can always PM me. Thank you again for your interest. Shells

14 Jan 2004, 20:11	#12
Rob The Badger Too sexy for this post Join Date: 14.04.2002 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 2,895	Just joined the team. Radio_Badger.

15 Jan 2004, 09:34	#13
black dog Mega Loafer Join Date: 21.11.2003 Location: Cornwall Posts: 1,667	Welcome to the team draconia and radio_badger.

15 Jan 2004, 21:39	#14
[RDH]draconia Super Loafer Join Date: 29.10.2003 Location: wickford,essex,england Posts: 374	thank you and i am also TRYING to get someone else to join but he is worried about his firewall do you know anything that will help him????

17 Jan 2004, 10:59	#16
black dog Mega Loafer Join Date: 21.11.2003 Location: Cornwall Posts: 1,667	WEEK 1 Team members - 4 Total CPU Time - 6 days 5 hours 32 minutes Results returned - 22 Thank you for your help.

21 Jan 2004, 00:54	#17
black dog Mega Loafer Join Date: 21.11.2003 Location: Cornwall Posts: 1,667	I can't believe it. We returned 8 results yesterday. Thats a record for us so far. Well done Shells

22 Jan 2004, 16:27	#18
[RDH]draconia Super Loafer Join Date: 29.10.2003 Location: wickford,essex,england Posts: 374	WOO HOO 1785 points and over 2 days of CPU time my poor comp over heats all the time now but its worth it

24 Jan 2004, 11:29	#20
black dog Mega Loafer Join Date: 21.11.2003 Location: Cornwall Posts: 1,667	WEEK 2 Team members - 4 CPU time this week - 9 days 17 hours 18 minutes Total CPU time - 15 days 22 hours 50 minutes Results returned this week - 34 Total results returned - 56 Great work. Congratulations everyone

29 Jan 2004, 19:52	#21
Cabbie212 Loafer Join Date: 17.11.2003 Location: London Posts: 59	Hi there, just joined!

30 Jan 2004, 16:18	#22
black dog Mega Loafer Join Date: 21.11.2003 Location: Cornwall Posts: 1,667	Welcome to the team Cabbie212.

31 Jan 2004, 11:17	#23
black dog Mega Loafer Join Date: 21.11.2003 Location: Cornwall Posts: 1,667	WEEK 3 Team members - 5 CPU time this week - 8 days 2 hours 8 minutes Total CPU time - 24 days 0 hours 58 minutes Results returned this week - 21 Total results returned - 77 Great work. Congratulations everyone. Welcome on board Cabbie212. I don't know if anyone else has noticed but the units seem to be taking longer to process at the moment. Some of mine have been 10+ hours where they were about 6 hours. Just as well the program saves the information after each Ligand.

31 Jan 2004, 20:14	#24
[RDH]draconia Super Loafer Join Date: 29.10.2003 Location: wickford,essex,england Posts: 374	yes i had noticed that also black dog but i havent had my comp on for a while so i didnt realise it as a problem hehe i thought that it was just me

31 Jan 2004, 22:07	#25
black dog Mega Loafer Join Date: 21.11.2003 Location: Cornwall Posts: 1,667	The only reason it has come to my attention is that our computer is turned on every evening when we come in from work and left running. I started leaving it on over night so that it could do extra work and used to come down to find that it had always finished in the morning ready for me to download when I got up. Lately it hasn't finished when I get up which is why I have noticed. Having looked at the forum the information says that the smallpox units are taking about 24 hours but because they have 200 ligands to work on. Because of this they obviously save the information more often than the cancer work units which only have 20 ligands. Mind you it doesn't help when my son plays games on the computer because he uses so much of the computers resources that the program doesn't really go anywhere. Anyway whatever usage my computer gives is all something that I am giving for nothing really.